James Cameron Goes To Tar Sands As Tar Sands Come To US
James Cameron, “the most powerful man in Hollywood,” is in Alberta. Canadian TV cut into regular broadcasts this morning to show footage of him climbing into a helicopter for an…
General Mills Moves Away from Rainforest Destruction
It is with much gratitude, excitement and hope for our world’s remaining forests that I announce the end to Rainforest Action Network’s General Mills palm oil campaign. Our Rainforest Agribusiness…
Experts Say 10,000 Ecuadoreans May Die Due To Chevron’s Pollution
Shockwaves rippled through the world’s largest environmental lawsuit today. A new damages assessment has been submitted in the lawsuit pitting 30,000 Indigenous peoples and local farmers against the global oil…
Double Trouble: Chevron’s Ecuador Gameplan Slowly Unravels
Crossposted from Daily Kos In the last two days Chevron has been hit with two developments that will surely produce lasting doubts to the legality and authenticity of Chevron’s actions…
Blockade at BP San Francisco Offices on 5th anniversary of Katrina; 15 Arrested
Great action today in San Francisco. The Mobilization for Climate Justice West (MCJ-West) turned out 150 people on a Monday afternoon and marched to the SF financial district offices of…
Taking Steps to Heal the Tar Sands
This past weekend was a big step for the city of Fort McMurray, Alberta. On Saturday August 14th, 2010 I joined local Indigenous community members along with supporters from across…
I Spy A Chevron Lie: Chevron Talking About Everything but the Truth in Ecuador
Chevron keeps on rolling out the “Doh!” moments as they continue to attempt (and spectacularly fail) to deflect attention from their responsibility in Ecuador with their sideline shenanigans. We’ve seen…
Climate Camps Sprouting Up Around the World
What’s that rumbling I hear? It’s a movement thundering as they say “Ya Basta!” to climate change and fossil fuel extraction, and “Yes” to climate justice. Throughout the industrial North…
Chevron Gets Sloppy: Longtime Strategy of Using Courts as PR Platform Exposed
Chevron has a playbook, a playbook they use to silence critics, dodge legal liability, create illusions of pollution clean-up, buy favorable media (or attempt to), and disempower communities, to name…
Tar Sands, Enbridge and Indigenous Resistance
In mid-July I attended the 1st Annual ‘Unist’ot’en Environmental Action Camp in Unist’ot’en territory in Northern BC as a facilitator and participant. Members of the Wetsuweten nation, joined by First…